Leigh Day: Apology

A story “Cheat of War” (29 May 2018), reported that Leigh Day continued to pursue a claim against the MoD of an Iraqi man, Basim AI-Sadoon, for several months after he had given The Sun an interview saying his claim was fabricated. The article suggested that Leigh Day knew the claim to be false but was still taking steps to try and achieve a settlement. In fact, this was incorrect and Leigh Day was not actively pursuing the claim or trying to achieve a settlement.

A second article “War Slur Appeal” (18 July 2018) suggested that the firm had been found by the AI Sweady Inquiry to have made claims that were “deliberate lies”. In fact, the Inquiry’s findings were in relation to allegations made by particular witnesses to the Inquiry who Leigh Day acted for in separate claims.

Both articles have previously been corrected. We apologise to Leigh Day.